Truck hauling 190 hogs overturns on U.S. 13
By Melody Brown-Peyton
Published in News on March 26, 2018 3:31 PM
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Saulston Volunteer Fire Department and the North Carolina Highway Patrol respond to an overturned tractor trailer hauling just under 200 hog at the intersection of U.S. 13 and the U.S. 70 Bypass ramp east bound around 10:30 Monday morning. The driver, Montrice Darden, was taken to Wayne Memorial Hospital and treated for minor injuries.
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Saulston Volunteer Fire Department, North Carolina Highway Patrol and the Department of Transportation block off the scene of an overturned tractor trailer hauling just under 200 hog at the intersection of U.S. 13 and the U.S. 70 Bypass ramp east bound around 10:30 Monday morning. The driver, Montrice Darden, was taken to Wayne Memorial Hospital and treated for minor injuries.
A Goldsboro Milling Co. truck hauling 190 hogs overturned along U.S. 13 Monday and led to the partial closing of the highway.
The tractor-trailer overturned when the driver, Montrice Teron Darden, 33, made a left turn onto the U.S. 70 Bypass from U.S. 13 North at about 10:30 a.m., said Trooper Jose Reyes, with the N.C. Highway Patrol.
Darden suffered from minor injuries and was taken by EMS to Wayne UNC Health Care.
A section of U.S. 13 was closed following the crash, while the hogs were moved onto another truck. The extent of injuries or the number of hogs that died during the crash was unknown at the time of the incident.
U.S. 13 was re-opened to traffic shortly after 2 p.m.
Reyes said Darden will be charged with failure to maintain his lane.